Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 715 - Teachers' Retirement System
Chapter 10 - General Operations
Subchapter 7 - Membership Vesting and Termination
Section 715:10-7-4 - Extension of TRS membership after absence
Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
A member with less than five (5) years of creditable Oklahoma membership service, who has been absent from such service for less than five (5) years during any period of six (6) consecutive years, may extend TRS membership by returning to fulltime employment for one (1) school year.
(1) If a five (5) year period of absence ends with the close of a school year, membership shall terminate June 30 of the corresponding fiscal year. Except that, membership shall not terminate if the member returns to fulltime Oklahoma public schools employment no later than September 30 the same calendar year.
(2) If the five (5) year period of absence terminates at any other time during the school year, membership shall terminate the last day of the last month of employment. Membership shall not terminate if the member returns to employment in the Oklahoma public schools no later than the last day of the succeeding calendar month.
(3) Unless otherwise specified, a ten (10) month school term shall be considered a school year. In adding fractions to equal a year of employment, membership shall extend five (5) years from the close of the school year during which the member worked the first fractional part.
(4) A member whose account has closed, but has not withdrawn contributions, may apply for re-instatement after returning to employment in the public schools of Oklahoma and completing one (1) full year (twelve calendar months) as a contributing member of TRS. Upon completion of one (1) full year the member's account will be restored to full status with all rights provided to other members.
Amended at 21 Ok Reg 3091, eff 8-21-03 through 7-14-04 (emergency)1; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 3099, eff 8-12-04
1This emergency action expired before being superseded by a permanent action. Upon expiration of an emergency amendatory action, the last prior permanent text is reinstated. Therefore, on 7-15-04 (after the 7-14-04 expiration of the emergency action), the text of section 715:10-7-4 reverted back to the permanent text that was effective prior to enactment of the emergency action on 8-21-03, as last published in the 2001 Edition of the OAC, and remained as such until amended by permanent action on 8-12-04.
